Originally Posted by Pessimeister
An odd question: Is it possible to cleanse the dark forest of its population of gray wolves? I keep wanting to fully explore that area of the map, but are overrun by gray wolves and other creatures, including wild boars. I feel as if I'm grinding a little when there and there's a sense of respawn, but it's not totally unpleasant. There's a nice sense of mystery about the area too…

The respawn of the wolves, boars and bears is infinite until you reach a certain point in the story (very late in the game). I would not recommend to grind too much XP in the dark forest or you will level up too fast and not gain any XP in other areas from creatures that you should be getting XP from because you were expected to be at a lower level. Once you are a certain level (or levels rather) above other creatures you stop earning XP for kills so if you do not want the game to become unrewarding and overly boring then you should avoid grinding XP.